Party wouldn’t legislate return of shares to government critic says

An NDP proposal to buy back privately held shares of Hydro One could cost the government significantly more than market price or require legislation, a leading energy sector lawyer said today.

“It’s hard to imagine why anybody would sell the shares at a price that they could simply get selling them on the Toronto Stock Exchange any day of the week,” said Paul Harricks, the leader of Gowling WLG’s Energy, Infrastructure and Mining Industry Group.